Creme de Menthe Brownies

Bottom Layer Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 1 16 oz can chocolate syrup
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Bottom Layer Directions:  Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs and other ingredients in order given. Blend well.  Pour into a greased 13 x 9 inch glass pan.  Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees.… Read More »

Peppermint Divinity Bars

From 12/13 Southern Living Magazine”Make this recipe all the way through without stopping, spreading the warm divinity onto a still-warm cookie base.  If the divinity is too cool, it will tear the cookie base as you spread it.

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 1 & 1/14 cups butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar, divided
  • Parchment paper
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 2 large eggs whites
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp.
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Tex-Mex Brownies

 

From 12/13 Southern Living Magazine

“These are note your mama’s brownies.  The subtle heat from red pepper turns these delights into conversation starters.”

Ingredients:

  • 1 & 1/2 cups butter
  • 1 (16 oz) package bittersweet chocolate morsels
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 to 1 tsp ground red pepper
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 & 1/2 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • Parchment Paper

Directions:

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Grandmother Hurston’s Fool Proof Poundcake

Ingredients:

  • 2 sticks butter
  • ½ cup shortening
  • 3 cups sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups sifted, plain, all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract

Directions:

Cream butter, shortening, and sugar until smooth.   Add salt and eggs one at a time.  Add flour/milk….begin and end with flour and alternate with milk.  … Read More »

Laura Hogan’s Chocolate Pie

Laura created this recipe and claims to alter the recipe a little every time she cooks it!   I had it once and begged her to attempt to remember how she did it so I could write it down!   I’m sharing it with her total permission from way back in 2011.  (Thank you Laura!) Ingredients: (This recipe makes 1-3 pies depending on the size of your crust)

  •  graham cracker pie crusts (1-3)

Bottom Layer:

  • One package of white chocolate pudding
  • 1/2 brick of softened cream cheese (make the pudding according to the pie filling directions and mix with cream cheese and pour into bottom of crust)

Next Layer:

  • Newman’s Own brand mint chocolate cream cookies (crush them in a baggie then pour on top of first layer)  (If you can’t find Newman’s Own you can use Mint Oreos but they are green like in the photo)

Next Layer:

  • 2 small boxes chocolate instant pudding
  • Cool whip (make the pudding according to the pie filling directions and mix with “a big ole hunk” of cool whip)

Next Layer:

  • Cool Whip (layer Cool Whip all over the top.  
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